Was taken to the holy city of mashhad to a holy shrine there. Yesterday, it was taken to the holy city of rome. I went to stand. It will be a quiet affair, partly because of the coronavirus pandemic. And partly because of security reasons. They could be minister defense officials attending there and also other scientists who may not want to be seen on camera. But i think that part of it will, be broadcast on state t. V. , but the questions about the security of the country continue yesterday. We had Fars News Agency thats linked to the revolutionary guard, publish a version of events. They said that there were 3 security cause one went up ahead to scout the route and then there was a machine gun inside and pick up the pickup truck. The pickup truck that was remotely controlled and that began to fire. The pickup truck was then blown up and that was the cause. And they said that there were no gunman. Now that is in stark contrast to what we heard following the event state t. V. Ran inter
Reject the governments offer the talks and threaten to intensify their protests against new farm. So ceremony is being held for irans Top Nuclear Scientist who was assassinated on friday, most in fact result is due to be laid to rest with irans leaders blaming israel for the killing and vowing to retaliate. Lets start with us a big following events from teheran today mourning. Whats expected today . Well, we understand the body of most in fact is that they would be brought here to the most of the many, the founder of the Islamic Republic on saturday. His body was taken to the holy city of the holy shrine yesterday. It was taken to the holy city of rome, and we understand it will be a quiet affair, partly because of the coronavirus pandemic. And partly because of security reasons, could be minister defense officials attending the and also other scientists who may not want to be seen on camera. But i think that part of it will be broadcast on state t. V. But the questions about the secur
Given the potentially lifesaving shot in the arm. Its up to individual states to determine who gets the vaccine in what order, but initial doses are being given to Health Care Workers and the vulnerable in nursing homes. The most important breakthrough yet it in the battle against the virus, later well be talking to a doctor and expert about the remarkable speed with which these vaccines have been produced and what that tells us about how with might fight illness in the future. It doesnt, unfortunately, signal an early end to the crisis e. Its likely to be the summer of next year before enough of the u. S. Population is vaccinated for the risk of the disease finally to recede. So what do we do in the meantime . Well, many of our political leaders and experts believe the answer is more of the same, more social isolation, more staying home which, of course, means more ruin for many businesses, more pain and suffering for people already devastated by the lockdowns of this year. On monday
Possibly be given the truly crazy world in which we live at the moment. Im scott henkel, im the director of wyoming institute for Humanities Research and im so happy to welcome you to tonights think and drink. The topic of which is, pandemics in historical perspective. So, im so happy to introduce dr. Melissa morris, who is assistant professor of history and american studies here at the university of wyoming and a member of the Humanities Research institutes steering committee, who will be our moderator tonight and who will introduce our speakers. So, please, welcome. Thank you, scott. Thank you to all of our panelists for agreeing to participate, who i know are in later time zones. So, thank you for sticking with us. And, of course, to all of you out there tuning in in some form or another. Im just going to do a brief introduction to our panelists and then ill let them each talk for a couple of minutes more about how their work intersects with our theme tonight. First we have Michael
To the qatar blockade within the next 2 months. And just their exclusive investigation unveils recordings of one of the worlds most wanted men attempting to negotiate immunity from prosecution in the nation. And this hour president elect joe biden is expected to be a big deal in his plan to revive an economy ravaged by the pandemic, we will carry it live. The World Health Organization is warning the world not to relax its guard as the push for a Coronavirus Vaccine shows signs of progress. This is not the time for complacency. While we continue to receive encouraging news about coffee of 19 vaccines and remain cautiously optimistic about the potential for the new tools to start to rise in the coming months. Right now, we are extremely concerned by the surging cases we are seeing in some countries, particularly in europe and the americas. Us pharmaceutical firm says their results from trials show its vaccine is 94. 5 percent effective. Its really important milestone in the fight against